Mariel Hemingway

Seems to have spent the last four or five years with long hair--but was maybe best known as a short hair in the middle part of her career (began as a long hair). Personally, I think that with the strong square facial bone structure that she has, she'll always look better long.

Long.

Short.

The last one's not bad, but it's already growing out and tending towards long.

Hellfrozeover wrote: What's with the beard dude? She doesn't really look like him.

Um...Mariel Hemingway is the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway...aka "the beard dude"

If I didn't see it, I wouldn't believe it. Humbug! Mariel's wide cheeks call for hair length to balance, IMO.  Bob

Her face looks too hard with the short style.

Great pic FMG, thanks for including all the various comparative images.  It always helps to see befores and afters.

IMHO Mariel went with the bangs to soften her look and probably to disguise any lines or wrinkles.  That is a very old actress trick to instantly knock off some years.  She is getting a little older although still gorgeous.

I think that because of her square face shape she needs to be careful with her overall hair lengths or if she wears it long around her chin area, she might actually make her jaws look a a little jowly or drag down her face. 

While I don't really like her best in the middle photo, with careful layering she could go longer (I like her longer) and keep the softeness and avoid the danger or jowliness. 

Heather Locklear is a classic example of a 40+ actress wearing her hair too straight and too long and while still gorgeous, Heather is starting to have some face issues that would warrant a better constructed length.

Of course this is all just my own opinion.

 

When she had a younger, firmer face the short hair worked marvelously for her and showed off those fabulous chiselled cheekbones. Now as she ages she should avoid wearing her hair in styles that are parted in the middle or gnerally long lifeless and drab as they only serve to pull her face down further. It seems that as we watch this once classicly beautiful face age even more that soon plastic surgery will be the only remaining option for her. Unlike her famous father she can't grow a beard to hide the Hemmingway jowls.

Absolutely agree, Bob.